Zhizhong Chen

Illustrator based in China

South China Normal University Open College

Zhizhong Chen is a professional contemporary Chinese illustrator, whose creative practice centers on capturing the fleeting sensations of objects and reconfiguring their forms to craft distinctive visual works. His creations focus on the immediate perceptual experience of things, distilling transient impressions into tangible imagery through deliberate formal reconstruction, blending intuitive expression with refined visual language to convey unique emotional and aesthetic connotations.

With a unique creative style and rigorous artistic attitude, he has collaborated with numerous well-known brands and institutions at home and abroad, and has won recognition in many important domestic and international illustration competitions, demonstrating outstanding professional strength and broad industry influence.

Awards
Excellence Award, 9th CIB9 National Illustration Competition; Finalist, BenQ Illustration Competition (Professional Group); Honorable Mention, 3×3 International Illustration Competition (USA); Finalist, 9th Hiii Illustration International Competition; Golden Screen Award, Lehua Illustration Competition; Third Prize, Dunhuang Museum Cultural and Creative Design Competition; Second Prize, X-Station “Everything Has Spirit” Community Wallpaper Design Competition; Third Prize, Jiuyang Yogurt Strawberry Season Illustration Competition, among others.

Selected Clients
CHAGEE, Coca-Cola, Lenovo, ZCOOL, British Museum, CITIC Press Group, Zhejiang Literature and Art Publishing House, Yogurt Can Can, Dunhuang Museum, Science Fiction World, Chengdu Jiaozi Culture, Feng Hua Xue Yue Beer, Himalaya, Smoore, 31 Design, Cosmic Dust